Spain’s Atresmedia TV, Buendía Estudios Vizcaya to Adapt ‘Angela Black’ (EXCLUSIVE)

TOLEDO, Spain Adding to its bullish line-up of primetime dramas, Spains Atresmedia TV is set to adapt Angela Black, its second ITV drama makeover from The Missing creators, Harry and Jack Williams, after the Spanish commercial broadcasters reversion of Liar.

Currently casting and set to go into production this fall in Bizkaias Bilbao, Angela, as the Spanish redo is known, is produced by Buenda Estudios Vizcaya with the participation of Atresmedia TV.

An original idea of the Williams Two Brothers Pictures, Angela Blacks international distribution is handled by All3Media International.

Buenda Estudios is behind Veneno, Cardo and The Cook of Castamar. Angela is directed by Norberto Lpez Amado, who has helmed episodes on some of the biggest hits on Spanish TV in the last 10 years, such as The Time in Between and El Prncipe as well as two episodes of Liar.

In now well-established windowing, Angela will air first on Atresplayer Premium, Atresmedias high-profile fremium VOD service, before broadcasting on Antena 3, Atresmedias flagship free-to-air channel.

Starring Downton Abbeys Joanne Froggatt, Angela Black is a stark tale of domestic abuse wrapped in a thriller format, Its Spanish makeover joins an Atresmedia lineup of productions whose bet on Spanish fiction is one of its defining characteristics.

We are very happy with this new project because its scripts are very good indeed and were putting together a top-notch cast. Angela Black was very successful and fits very well the kind of fiction which were looking for when were ask what foreign series are the most interesting to adapt, said Montse Garca, director of fiction at Atresmedia TV.

With it, we will follow the path of Mentiras, an adaptation of Liar, which worked very well with audiences and critics, she added.

Of upcoming titles, La pasin turca, starring Maggie Civantos (Locked Up) and Ilker Kaleli has wrapped its shoot, Beguinas, with Yon Gonzlez and Amaia Aberasturi, is shooting. In the upcoming months, Atresmedia will bow Entretierras, with Megan Montaner, and a Spanish reversion of Israels Kvodo, whose hit U.S. makeover starred Bryan Cranston.

Atresmedia is the biggest Spanish series factory. Nobodys producing as much as we do. Our bet on Spanish fiction is huge and something were very proud of, said Garca.

With the so many series that we prepare, we look to offer spectators a quality and varied catalog where theyll find different issues and styles. We always bet on big stories and characters which captivate the public, whether original ideas or adaptations.

Atresmedia TV title Alba, a remake of Turkeys Fatmagl, made No.1 on Netflixs global non-English TV rankings; The Cook of Castamar also played well on Netflix.

On all our productions, we aim for our identity to be recognisable, that local elements clearly mark our series apart because weve seen that they work well in the Spanish market and abroad. Alba, Mentiras, and Heridas, an adaptation of Mother, are good examples of how we manage to adapt a story and international characters to our culture and ways of relating. This is the challenge were setting ourselves, with Buenda Estudios, on the adaptation of Angela Black, Garca concluded.